Minneapolis, MN
Man fatally shot during after-hours party early on New Year’s Day
A person has died at a hospital after being shot at an after-hours social gathering in Minneapolis early on New Yr’s Day.
Police obtained a number of reviews of a capturing at 3:40 a.m., and arrived at forty second Avenue North and Lyndale to discover a man in his 20s affected by life-threatening gunshot wounds being pushed to a hospital.
Officers offered first help till he was taken by ambulance to North Memorial Medical Middle, the place he later died.
The capturing is believed to have occurred at 4430 Lyndale Ave., which had been rented for a celebration. When police arrived on the constructing, there was allegedly a “giant crowd and chaotic scene.”
As soon as the constructing was cleared, they discovered proof of a capturing taking place contained in the constructing, with three weapons recovered from the scene.
“Preliminary data signifies {that a} verbal altercation between people who knew one another escalated to gunfire,” police mentioned. “A number of pictures had been fired inside a constructing occupied by a big crowd.”
About three hours later, a person in his 40s arrived at North Memorial Medical Middle with non-life-threatening gunshot accidents that occurred in the identical constructing.
No arrests have been made.
The incident marks the primary murder in Minneapolis in 2023. There have been 80 in 2022, although this quantity has but to be formally confirmed.
Max Homstad stood beside his bike in a patch of shade on Hennepin Avenue, smiling as he scanned the colorfully dressed crowd Sunday.
There were drag queens and women’s sports fans, dogs donning rainbow bandanas and people sporting graphic T-shirts that paid tribute to Prince.
“It’s just fun seeing queer people happy,” Homstad said.
Homstad was one of thousands of people who descended on downtown Minneapolis on Sunday for the Twin Cities Pride Parade, an annual tradition that’s taken on increased significance this year as the Trump administration has pushed for several policies that take aim at LGBTQ rights.
But the dour political climate didn’t dampen the mood downtown, where the party spilled from bars onto Hennepin Avenue and onlookers whooped and clapped as floats made their way from 3rd Street to Spruce Place.
The roar of motorcycle engines marked the parade’s start, as the Minneapolis chapter of Dykes on Bikes set off through the crowd. Then came the huge flags, signifying myriad sexualities and gender expressions under the LGBTQ umbrella.
Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, wave to supporters who shouted, “Thank you, Governor Walz!” during Sunday’s Twin Cities Pride Parade in Minneapolis. (Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Mayor Jacob Frey, clad in a tank top as he campaigns for another term, was close behind. Current City Council members and other political hopefuls mingled with the crowd, some handing out flyers.
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis woman on the hook for more than $1K in impound fees, state lawmaker advocating for change
Minneapolis woman on the hook for more than $1K in impound fees, state lawmaker advocating for change
Jeanne Sharp was doing a bit of window shopping this weekend, surfing online for a new scooter.
“Back on Friday the 13th, my Vespa was stolen,” she explains.
Overnight, someone swiped her 2004 silver Vespa, parked right outside her north Minneapolis home.
“It makes me sad because I’m already a victim,” Sharp says. “And then I feel like I’m being re-victimized.”
Sharp, a middle school math teacher at a local Catholic school, says the scooter was found less than two miles from her house, along France Avenue in Robbinsdale.
It was not in the best of shape.
“The ignition was hammered out with a screwdriver,” Sharp recalls. “The whole frame was cracked, and it was totaled.”
But she says she didn’t know the scooter had been recovered until she received a note from a Crystal impound business 10 days later.
“I got a letter that said ‘We’ve recovered your vehicle and your Vespa’s here with us, but you owe us six hundred-some dollars.’”
Sharp says as of Saturday, that number has increased to more than $1,000, and that an employee at Twin Cities Transport and Recovery told her she would have to pay the bill, which would increase $50 a day for 45 days.
Sharp says the employee told her if she didn’t pay up, the matter would be referred to a collection agency.
KSTP asked State Rep. Walter Hudson, R-Albertville, about Sharp’s situation.
He says it’s perfectly legal for a business to charge impound fees, even if a vehicle is stolen.
“They’re going to charge somebody,” Hudson says. “Under the current structure, the charge falls upon the owner, regardless for the reason the vehicle was impounded.”
Those impound fees can cost hundreds of dollars or more.
Hudson is proposing a bill prohibiting impound lots from charging owners if their vehicle was impounded due to a crime.
His idea: to make car thieves pay that cost.
“Assuming the perpetrator is caught, charged and convicted, there’s some restitution that should be paid to the municipality for having covered the charge of the impound fees,” Hudson explains.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS reached out to Twin Cities Transport and Recovery for comment, but has not heard back.
But what about that $1,000 fee?
Sharp says she’s not sure what she’s going to do, but says she’s considering getting legal representation.
She hopes what happened to her will be a cautionary tale for others.
“I didn’t steal the bike, I didn’t put the bike in the impound lot, so now I don’t have a Vespa, and I have a huge bill,” Sharp declares. “If your vehicle gets stolen, you have to pay for it. It doesn’t seem fair. Let’s put the bill on the criminals.”
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